“Tuesday, 25 September [1492]. Very calm this day; afterwards the wind rose. Continued their course west till night. The Admiral [Christopher Columbus] held a conversation with Pinzon, captain of the Pinta, respecting a chart which the Admiral had sent him three days before, in which it appears he had marked down certain islands in that sea; Martin Alonzo was of the opinion that they were in their neighborhood, and the Admiral replied that he thought the same, but they had not met with them, it must have been owing to the currents which had carried them to the northeast and that they had not made such progress as the captains stated. The Admiral [Columbus] directed him to return the chart, when he [Columbus] traced their course upon it in presence of the pilot and sailors.”
-Extract from The Journal of Christopher Columbus
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